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Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, popularly known as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the son of a little educated boat-owner, became the 11th President of the Republic of India.

Dr. Kalam states that despite of not much wealth and not very educative parents he had a secured childhood both materially and emotionally, from his parents he gained innate wisdom, a spirit of generosity and a inspiration to help people around.
During his childhood he lived in his ancestral home, built in the 19th century, the family avoided all inessential comforts and luxuries and preferred to lead a humble life.

Joseph Ratzinger - Pope Benedict XVI

Then Aurora stripped Niazi's insignia of rank of his shoulders - it is the custom", he said. "The Pakistan troops who had arms laid them down. Aurora was raised on the shoulders of the crowd and every Indian officer was mobbed by people throwing flowers".

(Peter O. Loughlin in THE TIMES, London - December 17, 1971)

“Aurora will be remembered in the history of Bangladesh for his contribution during our war of liberation in 1971, when he led the allied forces.”

When Prof. C N R Rao received the prestigious 2005 Dan David Prize for material science on May 23, 2005, he made India proud. This is the highest honour an Indian scientist has received in the last 70 years since C V Raman’s Nobel Prize. The Dan David Foundation, Tel Aviv University annually recognizes achievements that impact the world. Prof. Rao received this award for materials science in the Future Time Dimensions. He shares the million dollar award with Robert Langer of MIT and George Whitesides of Harvard University.

Coming from a humble background, Prof. Rao has over fifty years of research behind him and awards galore. He has been awarded Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by the President of India (in 1974 and 1985 respectively) recognizing his overall contributions to science. Karnataka Ratna, the highest honour of the State of Karnataka was conferred upon him in 2001.

Totally dedicated to the nation, Dr. Abdul Kalam's vision is to transform India into a developed nation by the year 2020 through hard work and perseverance. He holds a first world dream for the third world nation.Go to Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam page

When a plume of white smoke issued from the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, April 20, the Christian world (well, the Catholic side of it) was informed of the election of a new Pope – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, who will henceforth be known as Benedict XVIGo to Pope Benedict XVI page